Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 282 BC?

23 of the people we track were surely alive in 282 BC. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year; a range such as 17–21 means the birth year itself is uncertain.

  1. Archimedes3–8
  2. Ashoka22–23
  3. Epicurus60–61
  4. Zeno of Citium50–55
  5. Pyrrhus of Epirus36
  6. Aristarchus of Samos26–31
  7. Seleucus I Nicator76–77
  8. Ptolemy II Philadelphus26
  9. Pharnavaz I44
  10. Apollonius of Rhodes8–14
  11. Qu Yuan61
  12. Ptolemy III Euergetes2
  13. Bindusara38
  14. Antiochus I Soter41–43
  15. Lysimachus71–79
  16. Cleanthes49–50
  17. Aratus31–35
  18. Antiochus II Theos4–5
  19. Arsinoe II34–35
  20. Arcesilaus33
  21. Hiero II of Syracuse26
  22. Strato of Lampsacus51–55
  23. Herophilos53

Where the people alive in 282 BC were born

The 23 best known of those alive in 282 BC. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (22 of 23 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list